[tedkalaw]

historically, LEO have been fairly aggressive on the road to Burning Man...i think i've had a "close call" the past several years.

for example, last year when i was driving from Reno to Black Rock City, i went through a well-known zone on tribal land where the speed limit goes 55->45->35->25 and then back up. it was about 1am and pitch black...so i was particularly freaked out by the unmarked, unlit police SUV aggressively tailgating me. it followed me for about a mile and then turned around when i didn't budge.

BIA is a new character, though. there's chatter that they had a DUI checkpoint setup on Monday (the event starts this upcoming sunday). the tactics are roughly the same but the infractions seem more minor than in the past. local police were pretty happy to collect speeding tickets.